{"id":40880,"date":"2022-06-14T16:09:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T16:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=40880"},"modified":"2022-06-14T16:09:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T16:09:41","slug":"amberol-best-looking-music-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/amberol-best-looking-music-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Amberol & G4Music – The Best Looking Music Players for Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are quite a few music player applications for Linux. Amberol and G4Music are two of them with really good looking UI design.<\/p>\n

Amberol:<\/h3>\n

Amberol<\/a> is a GTK4 app uses libadwaita library as well as gaussian blurred cover background for the beautiful app window.<\/p>\n

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The player aims to be as small, unintrusive, and simple as possible. No music collection or playlist management, no metadata editor, no lyrics.<\/p>\n

It just play local music, with basic functions like shuffle and repeat, MPRIS integration, drag and drop from file manager and GNOME integration.<\/b><\/p>\n

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G4Music<\/h3>\n

G4Music<\/a> is Amberol inspired music player with quite similar user interface.<\/p>\n

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It’s so far a single developer software project, while Amberol has a small group of contributors. However, it has more features, including search music from large collection, sort by album\/artist\/title or shuffle. And, it supports samba and any other remote protocols as well as pipewire audio sink.<\/p>\n

How to Install Amberol or G4Music in Ubuntu & other Linux:<\/h3>\n

The players are available to install as universal Flatpak packages, which work in Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, and most other Linux systems.<\/p>\n

1.) Firstly, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. Then, run the command below to install the flatpak daemon:<\/p>\n

sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n
Other Linux may follow the official setup guide<\/a> to install the daemon.<\/i><\/p>\n
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2.) To install the Amberol<\/b>, run the command below in terminal window:<\/p>\n
flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/io.bassi.Amberol.flatpakref<\/pre>\n
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Or install G4Music<\/b> if you like the search function and pipewire audio sink. Both players will install GNOME 42 run-time libraries if not exist.<\/p>\n
flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/com.github.neithern.g4music.flatpakref<\/pre>\n
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Once installed, search for and open the music player from Activities overview and enjoy!<\/p>\n
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How to Uninstall Amberol \/ G4Music<\/h3>\n
To remove Amberol, open terminal and run command:<\/p>\n
flatpak uninstall --delete-data io.bassi.Amberol<\/pre>\n
And\/or remove G4Music by running command:<\/p>\n
flatpak uninstall --delete-data com.github.neithern.g4music<\/pre>\n
To clear up useless run-time libraries, you may also run command:<\/p>\n
flatpak uninstall --unused<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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